TABLE 412-4 -RESULTS OF MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND MYCOBACTERIAL CULTURES IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HIV INFECTION AND TUBERCULOSIS SPECIMEN

SPECIMEN	NO. POSITIVE/NO. TESTED (% )
	Acid-fast Smear	Culture
Sputum	43/69 (62)	64/69 (93)
Bronchoalveolar lavage	9/44 (20)	39/44 (89)
Transbronchial lung biopsy	1/10 (10)	7/10 (70)
Blood	--	15/46 (33)
Lymph node	21/44 (48)	39/43 (91)
Bone marrow	4/22 (18)	13/21 (62)
Cerebrospinal fluid	--	4/21 (19)
Urine	--	12/17 (71)
Other *	5/31 (16)	24/32 (75)

Data from Small PM, Schecter GF, Goodman PF, et al: Treatment of tuberculosis in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med 324:289, 1991.

*Includes pleural fluid/biopsy; pericardial fluid/biopsy, stool, liver biopsy, abscess drainage, peritoneal fluid, bone biopsy.